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economy

A photo of Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party speaking at Prime Minister's Questions
News

Kemi Badenoch caught out over UK-India trade deal ‘hypocrisy’

Olivia Barber
8 May, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Indian officials say the Tory leader signed off on the tax exemption when she was trade secretary.

Child poverty in the UK
News

Ending poverty could save Britain £75bn a year, says charity

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 May, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Trussell is calling for an “essentials guarantee” to be embedded within Universal Credit to ensure recipients can afford basic needs such as food and heating.

Farming
Opinion

Why British Farming needs a YIMBY revolution

Chris Worrall
15 April, 2025

Amid economic uncertainty we should be doubling down on domestic production, especially in farming.

Right-Wing Media Watch – Millionaires flee London – Brexit who?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 April, 2025

While more balanced reporting noted the key drivers, Brexit, economic instability, the weak pound, a sluggish post-2008 recovery, and tax changes under Tory and Labour governments, the right-wing press chose a different path.

Donald Trump
News

Half of Brits back retaliation as Trump’s tariffs strain US-UK relations

Olivia Barber
8 April, 2025

67% of the public are worried about the Trump tariffs worsening the cost-of-living and stifling UK economic growth

Chancellor Rachel Reeves with the budget briefcase
Opinion

The government’s economic strategy is on the wrong track

Jon Trickett
4 April, 2025

Labour MP Jon Trickett urges Rachel Reeves to change course

A photo of Julia Davies, a member of Patriotic Millionaires UK
News

Patriotic Millionaires member perfectly sums up why a wealth tax would be fair

Olivia Barber
31 March, 2025

“No matter what the lobby groups who don’t want to tax wealth will tell us, it is not going to be a problem for wealthy people to pay that.”

A photo of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivering the government's Spring Statement
Opinion

Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity

Prem Sikka
28 March, 2025

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement is atest

Reeves
News

Five key takeaways from Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

Basit Mahmood
26 March, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has given her long-awaited Spring Statement to Parliament today, as she lays out her latest plans for the public finances. 1.Economy The Chancellor confirmed that the Office for Budget Responsibility has downgraded growth forecasts for 2025 fromtest

News

Clive Lewis slams Tories’ 14 years in government as an ‘unmitigated disaster’

Olivia Barber
26 March, 2025

‘David Cameron, George Osborne, austerity, Brexit, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss. It was an unmitigated 14-year disaster.’

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